This is the real first film by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly. Woody Harrelson stars as Roy Munsen a bowling prodigy destroyed by Bill Murray. Roy's life goes downhill until he spots another up-and-coming Amish(!) bowler (Randy Quaid). Kingpin is probably the best the Farrellys are capable of in terms of grotesque humor and features them as their bravest and most creative before the success of Something About Mary spoiled them. But this is really my type of humor so people with soft stomachs are duly cautioned.
As good as Quaid and Harrelson, it's really Murray's pitiless performance that makes this worth returning to. It's too bad his contribution is limited, essentially, to the beginning and end of the film. The intervening episodes are amusing but really a set-up for the final confrontation at the end.
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